Yuan Changming Copyright ©2026 On October 11, I got up at 4:00 am to catch my connection to Jingzhou. By the time I arrived at my mother’s residence, Cao was already waiting outside the apartment complex, ready to pick me up for a two-hour drive to Songzi. This was the third time we went together to the county town to attend our zhiqing gathering, which was held annually to honor our halcyon days at Mayuehe Youth Station as well as our close comradeship since the end of the